Chapter 262: Conferred the Title of Duke Posthumously, with the Utmost Honor

This time, a solemn look finally flashed across Chen Huaian's calm face, and then returned to normal.

Chen Huaian, who has been proclaimed emperor to this day, already has the appearance of an emperor, and has even cultivated the skills of an emperor. It is difficult for outsiders to see the expressions of joy, anger, sorrow, and joy on his face. He always looks calm, calm, and wise.

Um!

Chen Huaian nodded and said calmly: "I understand!"

After a pause, he continued: "Master Li, your Ministry of War should immediately draw up a plan to transport General Fan's body directly to Jinling City!"

"In addition, we will send officials to the General's Mansion in Longcheng to bring General Fan's family and widow to the capital. I will personally hold the funeral for General Fan."

"My lord, I obey the order!"

After receiving the decree, Li Jingyu, Minister of the Ministry of War, hesitated for a moment, and finally bit the bullet and continued: "To report to the Emperor, I have one more thing to report -"

"Yes, it is a document handed over by the brave General Pang Xianchu, the leader of the army in the southern expedition to South Vietnam, to plead for the death of General Fan on the battlefield!"

After speaking, Li Jingyu hurriedly handed over Pang Xianchu's memorial with both hands, and handed it to the new emperor Chen Huaian respectfully.

oh?

Chen Huaian frowned slightly. After receiving Pang Xianchu's memorial from Li Jingyu, Minister of War, he casually read a few lines and understood what Pang Xianchu meant.

Then, he waved his hand to Li Jingyu and ordered: "Master Li, after I have reviewed General Pang's report, I will forward it to the military tribe for implementation;"

"Go ahead and do the two things I just told you!"

"My lord, I obey!"

With that said, Li Jingyu, Minister of the Ministry of War, exited the imperial study room.

At this time, Chen Huaian, who was sitting alone in the imperial study, picked up Pang Xianchu's memorial again.

Looking at the brave general who was usually serious about his words and cherished his words like gold, in order to ask for the honorary title for Fan Wuji who died on the battlefield, he did not hesitate to write this thousands-word memorial. The whole article is full of praise for Fan Wuji. word.

After reading Pang Xianchu's memorial word for word, Chen Huaian turned around and took out a thick stack of letter paper from the bookcase drawer of the imperial study room;

What is recorded above is all kinds of "dirty information" about Fan Wuji following Chen Huaian in revolting against Jingnan. It was compiled into a book by Longcheng Internal Guard, the intelligence agency under Chen Huaian.

Chen Huaian flipped through a few pieces of stationery, which contained detailed records:

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month of the first year of Da Xin'an'an, on the eve of His Royal Highness's revolt in Longcheng, Fan Wuji once urged the brave general Pang Xianchu to act on His behalf at the military meeting of the generals of the Polu Army, which was suspected of overstepping the mark;

On March 17, the first year of Jian'an, the Longcheng Northern Expedition army went on an expedition to Shuobei City. After the army entered Shuobei City, Fan Wuji sent troops to harm the people at the border;

In July of the second year of Lingwu in the old calendar of the previous dynasty, Fan Wuji took the initiative to conspire with the generals of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun, and strongly advocated the recommendation of Princess Shujun Liu Shujun as the queen of the new dynasty, intending to use the strength of the queen and the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun to create a marquis;

In August of the second year of Lingwu in the old calendar, during the army's southern expedition to South Vietnam...

Chen Huaian did not read more of the contents on the letter one by one. Instead, he put the letter together with the memorial submitted by Pang Xianchu to plead for Fan Wuji to be granted the title of Marquis.

Speaking of which, Chen Huaian not only had "dirty information" on Fan Wuji, but also all the "dirty information" on all his generals and fiefdom officials, which had already been piled up in the bookcases of the royal study.

Over the years, Chen Huaian's intelligence agency, Longcheng Internal Guard, has expanded from the original 800 to 8,000 people, scattered among the military and local officials in various places;

While collecting and sorting out intelligence for Chen Huaian, he was also secretly responsible for supervising the civil servants and generals in various places.

Long before he proclaimed himself emperor, Chen Huaian knew that in order to govern such a huge world, as an emperor, he must have an intelligence agency and powerful unit that was absolutely loyal to the imperial power.

This is true for the Plum Blossom Internal Guard established by the empress Wu Zetian and the Brocade Guard established by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, a large part of Chen Huaian's consideration of meritorious rewards for civil servants and generals was based on the information provided by the internal guards of Longcheng.

Take Fan Wuji, who died in the battle in the capital of South Vietnam, for example. In Chen Huaian's original plan, based on Fan Wuji's military exploits and his revealed ambitions, as well as the crime of forming cliques for personal gain and "crimes of deceiving the emperor" that he committed;

At most, Fan Wuji could only be named one of the thirty-six earls of the new dynasty. He was still at the bottom of the ranking and could not meet the standards of a prince at all.

However, it is an indisputable fact that Fan Wuji died in battle before the founding of the new dynasty, becoming the only high-ranking general in the new dynasty to die in battle.

Fan Wuji took the lead and died on the battlefield, making all the "dirty information" about him that the Dragon City internal guards had become insignificant at this moment.

The new dynasty indeed needs to set an example for military generals to inspire future generations of generals to fight bravely on the battlefield and serve the court.

Chen Huaian came to that side again. In front of the curtain that determined the levels of titles that civil servants and generals would receive after the founding of the new dynasty, he removed the note with Fan Wuji's name from the earl column and pasted it to the marquis column, with his name next to it. The title is Zhongyong Hou Lu Jiang.

After thinking about it, Chen Huaian felt it was inappropriate and once again removed Fan Wuji's name from the Earl column.

After thinking for a long time, Chen Huaian posted the note with Fan Wuji's name to the Duke column again.

Then, he took up his pen and wrote the three characters "British Duke".

In this way, Fan Wuji, who had always dreamed of being made a prince during his lifetime, died in battle and was directly made a Duke of the new dynasty by the new emperor Chen Huaian with a wave of his hand, ranking at the bottom of the Six Dukes.

This may be the best ending for Fan Wuji!

Otherwise, with Fan Wuji's rough character, if he didn't get the reward he wanted at the imperial ceremony, he might have a treacherous mind and go astray, and eventually end up with his family broken up.

Throughout history, there are many such examples!

Soon, the edict that Fan Wuji, the deputy general of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army who died on the battlefield, was posthumously conferred the title of Duke of Ying by the new emperor Chen Huaian was announced to the world.

The brave general Pang Xianchu, who returned to the court to report, received the imperial edict in the two lakes on his way back to the capital from Nanyue.

Looking at the content of the edict that posthumously conferred Fan Wuji the title of Duke of Ying of the new dynasty, Pang Xianchu could no longer hold back his tears.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty has not forgotten us, the old generals of the Po Lu Army!

Pang Xianchu came to Fan Wuji's coffin with the imperial edict, and after lighting three incense sticks for Fan Wuji's coffin, he choked up and read out the contents of the imperial edict: "By the will of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that--"

"Fan Wuji, the general of the Dragon City Po Lu Army, has been loyal and brave throughout his life, serving on the battlefield and making outstanding military achievements..."

"Specially, Fan Wuji is posthumously conferred the title of Duke of Ying of the Xinchao, so ordered!"

After Pang Xianchu choked up and read out the contents of the imperial edict, he placed the imperial edict with the imperial seal on Fan Wuji's On the coffin, he said to himself: "General Fan, no, you should be called the Duke of Ying;"

"You can rest in peace in the underworld. You are the first military officer in the new dynasty to be conferred the title of Duke. What an honor!"

"Your wish to confer the title of Duke on your wife and children has finally come true!"

Pang Xianchu continued: "Not only that, the emperor will personally hold a funeral for you in the capital. It is worth it for a man to have such an honor in the world!"

"It's worth it!"